Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

For all its advantages, the digitization of supply chains has one disconcerting drawback: It makes them more vulnerable to hackers and cyber thieves.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Woolwich, New Jersey, location can accommodate over 20,000 pallets of frozen food storage – including Dippin' Dots.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

Over half of the survey participants said that they wanted India to fulfill their supply chain needs over the next five years, rather than China.

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 25, 2024

The post My Biggest Takeaways from NRF 2024 – Retail’s Big Show appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Advertiser: GEP

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

The company established a U.S.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 25, 2024

The grocery distributor tapped ReposiTrak to help it glean information from suppliers to improve food safety in its supply chain.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 25, 2024

In June 2023, the Journal of Economic Perspectives published a paper titled “How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply. The post Weight and Value x Distance: Studying Global Supply Chain Use and Cost appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

The supply chain industry has a PR problem when it comes to attracting workers. "People think it's all truck drivers and forklift operators, but we need engineers and technicians," says educator Robyn Brunscher.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Growing up, my father always said, “do good.” As a child, I thought it was cringeworthy grammar and I would correct him, insisting it should be “do well.” Even my children tease me when they hear his “do good” advice and I’ll admit I let him have a pass on the grammar front. In the case of responsible artificial intelligence (AI), organizations should prioritize the ability to avoid harm as a central focus.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 25, 2024

The strong end to the year comes as the port is “laying the tracks” to prepare for increased rail demand from shippers.

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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

We all want to see our ideal human values reflected in our technologies. We expect technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to not lie to us, to not discriminate, and to be safe for us and our children to use. Yet many AI creators are currently facing backlash for the biases, inaccuracies and problematic data practices being exposed in their models.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 25, 2024

Robert Howell will take on the role next month, as the company expands its product assortment and store count.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 25, 2024

Where to place a warehouse is the key to meeting customer expectations, but there is a science to ensuring that location balances those expectations with performance and cost.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 25, 2024

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – January 26th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Advertiser: GEP

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Many managers in asset-intensive industries like energy, utilities or process manufacturing, perform a delicate high-wire act when managing inventory. Finding the right balance becomes crucial for helping ensure the success of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) initiatives, specifically the spare parts that support them. What’s at stake?

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 25, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Organizations that provide an excellent customer experience (CX) can improve sales revenues by 2 to 7 percent and profitability by 1 to 2 percent, according to McKinsey. It’s no surprise. Focusing on good CX can increase customer satisfaction and drive more meaningful customer interactions, ultimately increasing sales and customer retention. As such, more organizations are increasing their dedication to CX strategy and looking towards successful customer experience examples for inspiration

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Procurement Freelancers

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sourcing globally is considered a rather complicated and time-consuming procedure for businesses.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Negotiations Ninja

JANUARY 25, 2024

Providing your team with access to continuous training opportunities is a great way to keep your business operating efficiently. Whether training them to become better time managers, stronger negotiators, or diplomatic problem solvers through conflict resolution training; investing in regular employee courses for your team can improve team morale and productivity.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

The FAA also said on January 24 that it had approved the inspection instructions for Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes.

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CPO Rising

JANUARY 25, 2024

Procurement lives in a world of uncertainties. As such, procurement leaders and their teams need a proactive approach that provides options for the unexpected. Knowing those potential uncertainties can help procurement put the necessary plans in motion.

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Positive Purchasing

JANUARY 25, 2024

Introduction by Jonathan O’Brien As CEO of Positive Purchasing, I get to host The Procurement Show podcast , and through that meet some very interesting people. Recently, I welcomed Dr Elouise Epstein to the podcast. A leading futurist, Elouise is in great demand on the speaking circuit and has authored two leading procurement books: ‘Disruptive Procurement’ and, most recently, ‘Trade Wars, Pandemics and Chaos’.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

The service commenced operations January 21 from Cai Mep, Vietnam with a rotation that goes to Yantian, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Pusan and then back to Cai Mep.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2024

Christian Lindner, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance and the leader of the pro-business party Free Democrats, expressly criticized the proposal earlier this week.

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